After six weeks of summer school at St. Faith's, GROAD was back to use the hall room for their Open House on Mondays.

There were plenty of help from GROAD, but equally from us at GoodGym as not only did Lindy, Maria and Sam (who came from other GROAD session before) were present, but Daryl, Diane and Gemma arrived too.

Many hands make light work as within an hour they converted the hall room into an Open House of donated items from clothing to household goods.

They also had plenty of donations from the public as Shed 2 started off as empty, but by the end of our session it was full to the rim!

It was great to be back at St. Faith's and thank you to all that came 🙏

Ms R needed help in pulling up all the weeds from her front yard and her back patio, from the most stubborn of dandelions to fragrant red-stemmed weeds to foxgloves. After an hour & a half, task done! 🌱🚫

On a humid Saturday morning, just after a rain shower and as the sun came out, I went to Ms E’s house to do some weeding & clearing, pruning back, and lopping trees— creating space and light in the garden. Ms E was very grateful for GG’s help and can now spend the afternoon enjoying the new view.

On a very hot & sweaty day, John ran all the way from Camden & I ran from Brixton to help Mary and Margaret from GROAD. We set up tables and then began the sorting of clothes and stacking of homewares. We tried to stay cool before heading back out into the sun to enjoy our Sunday afternoons.